Table 2. Harvest statistics for 
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quail on the Forbes and Dale study areas. 
Category 
Forbes 
Percent 
Da 1 
e 
1963 
1964 
Change 
1963 
1964 
Recorded Kill 
170 
253 
+ 49 
175 
230 
Percent Juveni1es 
Hunting Pressure 
86 
80 
83 
87 
Number of Hunters 
103 
341 
+231 
139 
244 
Gun-Hours 
410 
1 ,074 
+ 162 
438 
634 
Season Length (days) 
Hunting Success 
29-5 
47.5 
+ 61 
29.5 
47.5 
Gun-Hours per Kill 
2.41 
4.25 
+ 76 
2.50 
2.76 
Kill per Hunter 
1 .65 
0.74 
- 55 
1.26 
0.94 
Kill per 100 Acres 
11-3 
13.4 
+ 19 
23.6 
21 .3 
Percent 
Change 
+ 31 
+ 76 
+ 45 
+ 61 
+ 10 
- 25 
- 10 
Table 3- Percentage harvests 
Forbes and Dale study areas. 
(percent of population killed) of quail on the 
Basis of Estimate 
Area 
Tag 
Recoveries 
Prehunt Census 
Vs. Kill 
Prehunt Census 
Vs. Posthunt Census 
Posthunt Census 
+ Ki1l Vs. Kill 
FORBES 
1963 
1964 
47 
41 
49 
94 
42 
45 
46 
63 
DALE 
1963 
1964 
-- 
59 
80 
69 
59 
67 
66 
5- Responses of Prai rie Chickens to Habitat Manipulation r. j. E Hi s 
Prairie chicken booming grounds tend to be located on traditional sites. 
locaHons'of 5 ^^ 6 ^ M ! inois lt is COmmon for prairie chickens to shift the 
qr s rfm IT, H°r 9 9rOUndS fr ° m year t0 year * The reas ° ns wh V booming 
Palph F the / a : eS at Which they are mOVed are P°° r, V understood Dr 
because’of faminn U n 9eS T ^ S ° me boomin 9 pounds which he studied were moved 
ueLduse or farming operations. 
' n f orma tion gathered at Bogota from 1 963 to 1 965 indicates that the locations 
the locaHon r of n n S °," ^ T* Chan9ed 35 a result of farmin 9 operations and 
usuallv L f J i" 9 c ° ver - The booming grounds established on green wheat 
restricted the whe3t grew 50 ta " tha ' the chickens' visibility was 
